Long-Term Diabetes Complications

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Hospital Care
Country
United States of America
Publishing Organisation
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): Prevention Quality Indicators in Inpatient Settings
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Safety
Domain
Descriptive

Defining Attributes

Definition

Hospitalisations for a principal diagnosis of diabetes with long-term complications (renal, eye, neurological, circulatory, other specified, or unspecified) per 100,000 population, ages 18 years and older

Numerator

Hospital discharges, for patients ages 18 years and older, with a principal ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for diabetes with long-term complications (renal, eye, neurological, circulatory, other specified, or unspecified) (ACDIALD* )

Denominator

Population ages 18 years and older in metropolitan area1 or county. Discharges in the numerator are assigned to the denominator based on the metropolitan area or county of the patient residence, not the metropolitan area or county where the hospital discharge occurred

Exclusions

Exclude discharges: with admission source for transferred from a different hospital or other health care facility (Appendix A) (UB04 Admission source - 2, 3), with a point of origin code for transfer from a hospital, skilled nursing facility (SNF) or intermediate care facility (ICF), or other healthcare facility (Appendix A) (UB04 Point of Origin - 4, 5, 6), with an ungroupable DRG (DRG=999), with missing gender (SEX=missing), age (AGE=missing), quarter (DQTR=missing), year (YEAR=missing), principal diagnosis (DX1=missing), or county (PSTCO=missing)

Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods
Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Fiscal year (United States)
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
02 December 2025